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| Name | COOPER – George |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 62nd and 59th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | ? / 1044 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 23rd August 1834 / 18 years / Nottingham Nottinghamshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10¼ in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean – 3 years 95 days West Indies – 3 years 6 days |
| Length of Service | 16 years 96 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Colour Sergeant / 25th November 1850 / Tralee Kerry Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cropwell Butler Nottinghamshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1850-1855 Nottingham 1855-1874 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/3d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th April 1855 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | ADELAIDE 18th July 1855 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1816 Cropwell Butler Nottinghamshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | COOPER Matthew c1786 East Bridgford Nottinghamshire England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HUSKINSON Elizabeth c1787 East Bridgford Nottinghamshire England 31st March 1806 St Peter’s Church East Bridgford Nottinghamshire England |
| Siblings | Thomas B c1806 Bp 8th September 1806 East Bridgford Nottinghamshire Elizabeth B c1808 Bp 17th April 1808 Tythby Nottinghamshire Mathew B c1809 Bp 7th January 1810 Tythby Nottinghamshire Ann B c1812 Bp 1 march 1812 Tythby Nottinghamshire George B 1816 Bp 19th October 1817 Cropwell Butler Nottinghamshire Ellen B c1820 Bp 19th March 1820 Tythby Nottinghamshire |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | JEFFCOTT Margaret b 20th June 1821 Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 5th July 1847 St Mary’s Limerick Limerick Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Matthew B c1848 Roscrea County Tipperary Ireland D c1849 Tralee County Kerry Ireland Emma B c1850 Tralee County Kerry Ireland D c1851 Cropwell Butler Nottinghamshire England Ellen bap 7th September 1851 Holy Trinity Tithby Nottinghamshire England M 1874 WINTER Charles John Fremantle Western Australia D 1887 Western Australia Roland or Rowland bap 25th September 1853 Holy Trinity Tithby Nottinghamshire England M ENRIGHT Elizabeth 4th May 1876 Fremantle Western Australia D 8th February 1884 Western Australia Eliza B 1854 M McCAW William Agnew 1874 Fremantle Western Australia D 19th December 1880 Fremantle Western Australia Ann B 1857 Fremantle Western Australia D 8th February 1881 Western Australia Jane B 28th September 1859 Fremantle Western Australia M 17th May1881 McCAW William Agnew Fremantle Western Australia D 30th October 1941 Mosman Park Western Australia Methodist Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia George B 20th September 1861 Fremantle Western Australia M 1884 CHAMBERLAIN Emily Fremantle Western Australia D 4th August 1926 Perth Western Australia Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Margaret B 1863 Fremantle Western Australia M CRASS Thomas Hall 1932 Fremantle Western Australia D 19th July 1938 Fremantle Hospital Western Australia Frances B 1st January 1867 Fremantle Western Australia M 25th September 1893 STOKES Walter James Port Adelaide South Australia D 17th July 1942 Waverley New South Wales Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Farmer |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer & Commercial News Wednesday 4th April 1860 page 1 Inquirer and Commercial News 27th May 1869 The Herald (Fremantle, WA: 1867-1886) Saturday 28th November 1874 page 2 Family Notices The Herald 5th February 1876 page 3 The Herald 30th October 1875 page 2 The West Australian Thursday 21st July 1938 page 1 Death notice of Margaret Crass |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 2nd November 1874 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 25th October 1875 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | Available SROWA Cons 3458/1875/240 25th October 1875 Rowland the eldest son of George and Margaret Cooper applied for Letters of Administration |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 Location Antigua Discharge: Due to abscesses rending him unfit for service In the 1851 Census George Cooper age 33 an agricultural labourer and Chelsea pensioner and his wife Margaret age 29 born Dublin Ireland are living with his parents Matthew age 64 born Cropwell Butler and mother Elizabeth Cooper age 63 born East Bridgford at the hamlet of Cropwell Butler at Tythby cum Cropwell Nottinghamshire England.Father/Mother place of birth reversed on 1851 and 1861 English Census21st August 1860 Pensioner Sergeant G. Cooper Fremantle applied to have Frances McCarthy / McGarthy, his niece living at High Street Killarney County Kerry, Ireland to be sent out as a Government immigrant.27 May 1869 George also signed a petition to the Governor along with many other worthies re the harbour at Fremantle and a railway. Signed George Cooper, Farmer, Fremantle William Agnew McCaw married two of the Cooper girls firstly Eliza in 1874 and after her death in 1880 he married Jane 1881. On 26 July 1922 a John Cooper of Calgary, Alberta, Canada wrote to the Registrar asking for information regarding his great uncle George Cooper as he believed he and his siblings may be the lawful heirs of his estate. The Registrar wrote back and said a George Cooper died in 2 November 1874 leaving a wife Margaret Jeffcott Cooper and an estate valued at not more than fifty pounds. He also included a list of the children of George Cooper. He suggested he should make inquiries in the other states. |